Yahoo! Develops Anti-Spam Architecture

prostoalex writes "Yahoo!, the owner of one of the largest e-mail systems in the world, is said to be developing a cryptographic product that will be offered freely to mail servers. 'Domain Keys,' according to the Reuters article, would require the message sender to authenticate in order for message to come across a trusted e-mail network. The idea has been around for ages, however, it required someone from the big league like Yahoo! to step in." While Yahoo! isn't the first name that comes to mind when I think of trusted email, it's still a step in the right direction.

Comments

Bruce Schneier is a FRAUD!

[egg troll]

I think your first mistake is believing anything you read in Applied Cryptography. Its a well-known fact that Bruce Schneier is regarded as a leftist kook in the cryptographic community. Trust me, I got my PhD from UC Berkeley in cryptographic studies so I know what I'm talking about. Although we must give him credit for writing PGP, Mr Schneier has since then used his name to promote all sorts of snake-oil get-rich-quick schemes, and is a blathering font of anti-government propoganda. I'm sorry, Mr Schneier but had we not listened to your objections about such things as the Clipper chip installed in phones we may have learned about the 9/11 plot before it happened.